The History of the Waldenses: Connected with a Sketch of the Christian Church from the Birth of Christ to the Eighteenth Century, Volume 1Gale and Fenner, 1816 |
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... seems to me to proceed upon mistaken views of the nature of the kingdom of Christ , and of the sovereignty of God , in his operations in the earth , as they have re- spect unto it . Jesus himself , in reply to an in- quiry put to him by ...
... seems to me to proceed upon mistaken views of the nature of the kingdom of Christ , and of the sovereignty of God , in his operations in the earth , as they have re- spect unto it . Jesus himself , in reply to an in- quiry put to him by ...
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... were equally at variance with their fondest hopes ; for , while they ardently longed for the accomplishment of the promises which God had made unto ↑ John iii . 16 , 17 . their fathers by the prophets , they seem in general.
... were equally at variance with their fondest hopes ; for , while they ardently longed for the accomplishment of the promises which God had made unto ↑ John iii . 16 , 17 . their fathers by the prophets , they seem in general.
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... seem in general to have had no other object in view than the establishment of a tem- poral monarchy , like the other kingdoms of this world , though doubtless , much surpassing them all in its extent and splendour . Accordingly , being ...
... seem in general to have had no other object in view than the establishment of a tem- poral monarchy , like the other kingdoms of this world , though doubtless , much surpassing them all in its extent and splendour . Accordingly , being ...
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... seem , had , at this time , the chief sway in the Jewish state . Josephus , their own his- torian , has described them " as remarkable for a fierce and cruel temper ; and that , particularly when they sat in judgment , they were much ...
... seem , had , at this time , the chief sway in the Jewish state . Josephus , their own his- torian , has described them " as remarkable for a fierce and cruel temper ; and that , particularly when they sat in judgment , they were much ...
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... seems to have been regarded merely as the tocsin to fresh scenes of slaughter and blood . They now gave full vent to their cruelty , and raised a general persecution against the whole church . The loss of this first of " the noble army ...
... seems to have been regarded merely as the tocsin to fresh scenes of slaughter and blood . They now gave full vent to their cruelty , and raised a general persecution against the whole church . The loss of this first of " the noble army ...
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Page 64 - And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Page 18 - And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
Page 303 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
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Page 272 - And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought, and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 205 - For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming...
Page 120 - But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by.
Page 271 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.